Another victory for the CIW!
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is moving quickly to get more of the fast food industry on board with their quest for fair food and dignity for tomato pickers. The CIW just announced that Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, is extending their agreement with Taco Bell to the rest of their brands, which include A&W, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Long John Silvers. Now the other 4 chains in the conglomeration will fall in step with the agreement outlined in the Taco Bell agreement, paying a penny more per pound of tomatoes that farmworkers pick for the chains.
This, coupled with last month’s victory against the McDonald’s has the farmworkers in the dusty agricultural town of Immokalee forcing change with 6 major fast food companies. Now they’re asking Burger King to join in through a powerful campaign of teaming continued education and action.
Check out more about the good news this weekend here!
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[...] by Jack Stephens on May 19th, 2007 Tiffany, of the blog The Personal is Political, writes about the recent work of the Coalition of Immokalee [...]
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